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Jim Barnes

England (US-based) · born , Lelant, Cornwall, England · died

4major championships

Summary

  • First major 1916 PGA Championship
  • Last major 1925 The Open
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times

Wins

  1. 1916 PGA Championship Siwanoy Country Club · won the final 1 up against Jock Hutchison
  2. 1919 PGA Championship Engineers Country Club · won the final 6 & 5 against Fred McLeod
  3. 1921 U.S. Open Columbia C.C. · 289 (+9) · by 9 strokes from Walter Hagen and Fred McLeod
  4. 1925 The Open Prestwick Golf Club · 300 · by 1 stroke from Archie Compston and Ted Ray

Near misses

  1. 1920 The Open Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club · finished 6 · 309
  2. 1921 PGA Championship Inwood Country Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 3 & 2
  3. 1921 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T6 · 302
  4. 1922 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · 301
  5. 1924 PGA Championship French Lick Springs Golf Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 2 up
  6. 1924 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · finished T9 · 309
  7. 1928 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 301
  8. 1929 The Open Muirfield · finished 7 · 303
  9. 1930 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · finished T6 · 297

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Walter Hagen's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1916 PGA Championship Barnes trailed Hutchison by four holes after eight holes of the 36-hole final.
  2. 1916 PGA Championship Barnes won the final on the 36th green by holing a four-foot putt.
  3. 1919 PGA Championship Barnes defended his 1916 title by beating Fred McLeod 6 & 5 in the first PGA after the two-year wartime break.
  4. 1919 PGA Championship The final matched 6-foot-3 Barnes against 5-foot-4 McLeod, the 1908 U.S. Open champion.
  5. 1925 Open Macdonald Smith led by five after 54 holes but needed only 78 and shot 82, including sixes at the 7th and 8th, to finish fourth.
  6. 1925 Open This was the last Open played at Prestwick, its 24th.

Records and firsts

  1. 1916 PGA Championship PGA Championship match-play finals (finals, won, lost): 4 · 2 · 2 (1916; 1919; 1921; 1924)
  2. 1916 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: England

Results by championship

    Best day

    1916 PGA Championship

    Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, New York · won the final 1 up against Jock Hutchison

    Barnes trailed Hutchison by four holes after eight holes of the 36-hole final.

    Barnes won the final on the 36th green by holing a four-foot putt.

    Record: England

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1916.

    Career line, 1916–1930

    PGA Championship
    1916 PGA Championship: won1919 PGA Championship: won1921 PGA Championship: runner-up to Walter Hagen1924 PGA Championship: runner-up to Walter Hagen
    U.S. Open
    1921 U.S. Open: won
    The Open
    1920 The Open: finished 61921 The Open: finished T61922 The Open: runner-up to Walter Hagen1924 The Open: finished T91925 The Open: won1928 The Open: finished T61929 The Open: finished 71930 The Open: finished T6
    192019251930

    13 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Jim Barnes was born on April 8, 1886, in Lelant, Cornwall, England. Barnes won 4 major championships: 2 PGA Championships (1916, 1919), 1 U.S. Open (1921) and 1 Open Championship (1925).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (4)

    1. 1916 PGA Championship Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, New York · won the final 1 up against Jock Hutchison
    2. 1919 PGA Championship Engineers Country Club, Roslyn Harbor, New York · won the final 6 & 5 against Fred McLeod
    3. 1921 U.S. Open Columbia C.C., Chevy Chase, MD · 289 (+9) · by 9 strokes from Walter Hagen and Fred McLeod
    4. 1925 The Open Prestwick Golf Club · 300 · by 1 stroke from Archie Compston and Ted Ray

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1920 The Open Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club · finished 6 · 309
    2. 1921 PGA Championship Inwood Country Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 3 & 2
    3. 1921 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T6 · 302
    4. 1922 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · 301
    5. 1924 PGA Championship French Lick Springs Golf Club · runner-up to Walter Hagen · lost the final 2 up
    6. 1924 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · finished T9 · 309
    7. 1928 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 301
    8. 1929 The Open Muirfield · finished 7 · 303
    9. 1930 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · finished T6 · 297

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 5 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 24 won, 7 lost, including 2 of 4 finals.

    1. 1916 Round of 32 beat George Fotheringham 8 & 7
    2. 1916 Round of 16 beat Alec Smith 8 & 7
    3. 1916 Quarterfinal beat Tom Kerrigan 3 & 1
    4. 1916 Semifinal beat Willie Macfarlane 6 & 5
    5. 1916 Final beat Jock Hutchison 1 up
    6. 1919 Round of 32 beat Carl Anderson 8 & 6
    7. 1919 Round of 16 beat Otto Hackbarth 3 & 2
    8. 1919 Quarterfinal beat Emmet French 3 & 2
    9. 1919 Semifinal beat Bob MacDonald 5 & 4
    10. 1919 Final beat Fred McLeod 6 & 5
    11. 1920 Round of 32 beat George Bowden 4 & 3
    12. 1920 Round of 16 lost to Clarence Hackney 5 & 4
    13. 1921 Round of 32 beat Clarence Hackney 3 & 2
    14. 1921 Round of 16 beat Bobby Cruickshank 8 & 7
    15. 1921 Quarterfinal beat Fred McLeod 11 & 9
    16. 1921 Semifinal beat Emmet French 5 & 4
    17. 1921 Final lost to Walter Hagen 3 & 2
    18. 1922 Round of 64 beat George McLean 2 & 1
    19. 1922 Round of 32 lost to Johnny Farrell 1 up
    20. 1923 Round of 64 beat George Denback 12 & 11
    21. 1923 Round of 32 beat John Cowan 12 & 11
    22. 1923 Round of 16 beat Cyril Walker 7 & 5
    23. 1923 Quarterfinal lost to Gene Sarazen 1 up
    24. 1924 Round of 32 beat M.J. Brady won on 39th hole
    25. 1924 Round of 16 beat Eddie Towns 10 & 9
    26. 1924 Quarterfinal beat Emmet French 6 & 4
    27. 1924 Semifinal beat Larry Nabholtz 1 up
    28. 1924 Final lost to Walter Hagen 2 up
    29. 1926 Round of 32 lost to Gene Sarazen 5 & 4
    30. 1928 Round of 32 beat Tommy Armour 3 & 2
    31. 1928 Round of 16 lost to Gene Sarazen 3 & 2

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1916 PGA Championship PGA Championship match-play finals (finals, won, lost): 4 · 2 · 2 (1916; 1919; 1921; 1924)
    2. 1916 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: England

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour wins
    3. World Golf Hall of Fame
    4. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    5. Golf Compendium winners list
    6. PGA of America winners & venues
    7. Golf Compendium 1916
    8. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    9. Today's Golfer purse history
    10. Golf Compendium 1916 prize money
    11. Golf Compendium, Jim Barnes
    12. Golf Digest prize-money history (Australian Golf Digest)
    13. Golf Today past winners
    14. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 113
    15. Golf Compendium 1919
    16. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    17. R&A 1925
    18. GC 1925
    19. R&A 1920
    20. R&A 1921
    21. R&A 1924
    22. R&A 1928
    23. R&A 1929
    24. R&A 1930
    25. Golf Compendium 1920
    26. Golf Compendium 1921
    27. Golf Compendium 1922
    28. Golf Compendium tournament records
    29. Golf Compendium 1923
    30. Golf Compendium 1924
    31. Golf Compendium 1926
    32. Golf Compendium 1928